All students should practice their
keyboarding regularly. They may practice using their own keyboarding
software, the web sites listed below or the practice sheets that are
available in our classroom as well as below. Students who do not have regular
access to a computer should use the practice sheets with a stand alone keyboard
(available from Mrs. Wargo.)

UltraKey
Lesson Practice Sheets
These practice sheets directly align with the lessons and quizzes the students
are doing at school.

The first link opens as a web page which you can print directly or copy and
paste into your own word processing program to format as you wish.

The second link is a Word document, which is formatted and ready to print.
If you do not have MS Word, you
can download a free Word Viewer here.
This free download will let you view, print and copy Word documents, even if you
don't have Word installed.

Keyboarding
Software Reviews http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/typing/
Any keyboarding program will help your child as long as they use it regularly.
Choose anything that motivates your child. Frequent short practice
sessions are better than infrequent long sessions. Stress fluency and
keyboarding with good posture and without looking at the keys. Speed will come
after fluency and familiarity, after repeated practice.

**Learn
the Keys http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm
Your job is to put a keyboard back together. You can click and drag letters to
their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! Choose the
keyboard design you like below and click on it to begin.

**Dance
Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/Dance Mat Typing is an introduction to touch typing for children aged 7 - 11
years. Each of the 4 levels are divided into 3 stages. The games use the Flash
plug-in - if your computer doesn't have Flash, you can find information on how
to download it below, or you can play the alternative interactive versions
available at each stage. Worksheets are available for each stage that can be
printed out and used offline with a typewriter or computer. Flash
Info

Online
lessons to learn the keys and games for building speed. Will give you scores for
words-per-minute and errors-per-minute.

Sense-lang.orghttp://www.sense-lang.org/typing/Free Program that lets you exercise and learn Touch Typing. Practice online
or download the program to do offline.Builds slowly, two keys at a time. Also includes numeric keypad practice,
games and a timed test to use when user has learned all of the finger positions,
as well as the option to paste in your own text to practice typing.
Site description: For the most part, practicing will be with words having a
meaning. But at first, to get used to touch-typing, we will practice the lessons
with random text (up to Lesson 7). Use the lessons only for the beginning to
gradually get used to touch-typing. Please understand that the real practice is
with meaningful words and that you don't learn a lot from practicing random
text.
To practice real words, copy a text from anywhere (sites, word processor, etc.)
and paste your text inside the text box by clicking the right mouse button and
selecting "paste".

**Games
to Build Speed that are Modifiable Choose a
difficulty level (speed) and choose the letters to practice before playing each
of these games. Lesson 1 is homerow only so everyone can play these games.

This
program will not teach you the keys, it will just let you practice your
keyboarding to build speed. You must already know all of the finger positions. Zap
sharks and piranha as you dive for sunken treasure! Improve your typing speed while
having fun!

There
are 3 options. A free online version, a downloadable trial version or the full
game which must be purchased but then can be played without being online.

The
ghosts are coming! Type quickly to destroy them! Use both hands and all ten
fingers
to practice your speed typing as your type words to destroy the ghosts in this
Halloween typing game. You must know all of the keys.

Bubbles Typing Game http://www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp
Push your typing skills to their limits by playing this popular online typing
game that works in any Java(TM) 1.1 compatible web browser. Your target is to
burst the rising bubbles by pressing the character shown in them. The more
bubbles you burst, the better score your score. Practice letters or numbers or
both. Option to practice the number keypad.